years he composes various symphonic poems with a clear, nostalgic character, such as Los galeotes (1905) based on the famous Quixote episode, and Salamanca (1916) on popular themes from his native region. In the chamber-music genre he has left us various works, including three quartets (one of which is published), as well as a trio and quintet, composed from markedly classical standpoints, influenced by the French world of Saint-Saëns. His wide musical knowledge led him to tackle many other fields such as song, including a song-cycle based on Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer's rhymes (1886), which was followed by Las golondrinas, and the oratorio El Apocalipsis (1882) composed in Rome as one of the works written under the academy scholarship requirements. The prolific composer for the guitar Francisco Tárrega dedicated one of his greatest masterpieces, "Capricho Árabe", to Tomás Bretón. Selected works Symphony No. 1 in F major (1873) Guzmán el bueno, opera (1876) El campanero de Begoña, zarzuela (1878) Los amores de un príncipe, zarzuela (1881) El Apocalipsis, oratorio (1882) Symphony No. 2 in E flat Major (1883) Piano Trio in E Minor (1887) En la Alhambra, symphonic serenade (1887) Las golondrinas, song cycle (1887) Los amantes de Teruel, opera (1889) Garín, opera (1892) Escenas andaluzas, orchestral suite (1894) La Dolores, opera (1894) La verbena de la Paloma, zarzuela (1894) Raquel, opera (1900) El clavel rojo, zarzuela (1899) Covadonga, zarzuela (1901) Symphony No. 3 in G major (1905), arranged from a lost Piano quintet (1904) Los galeotes, symphonic poem after Cervantes (1905) Violin Concerto in A minor, dedicated to the memory of Pablo de Sarasate (1909; orchestration lost; reconstructed by ) Tabaré, Opera (1913) Don Gil de las calzas verdes, opera (1914) Salamanca, symphonic poem (1916) References Víctor Sánchez Sánchez: Tomás Bretón. Un músico de la Restauración (Madrid: Instituto Complutense de Ciencias Musicales, 2002). Vincent J. Cincotta: Zarzuela. The Spanish Lyric Theatre: A complete Reference, revised edition (Wollongong: University of Wollongong Press, 2011), , p. 766 (for specific references: pp. 57–60, 63, 78, 88–90, 134–137). External links Tomás Bretón String Quartet in D Major & Piano Trio in E Major Soundbites and discussion of works 1850 births 1923 deaths 19th-century classical composers 19th-century conductors (music) 19th-century Spanish composers 19th-century Spanish male musicians 20th-century classical composers 20th-century conductors (music) 20th-century Spanish composers 20th-century Spanish male musicians Madrid Royal Conservatory alumni Male conductors (music) Male opera composers People from Salamanca Spanish classical composers